Railway-rail lock.



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RAILWAY RAIL LOCK. APPLICATION r|Lu'^uG.23. 1-911.

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En sTATEs PATEN ERICE.

mcHAEL OEEIEN, oF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

RAILWAY-RAIL L0 CK.

in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

This invention relates to ra1lway rail locks designed to prevent thespreading of the rails, or any lateralA movement of one' independent of .the other; and the object thereof is to provide an improveddevlce of this class which is simple in construction,

efficient in operation and which is also capable of application to railway rails havin different transverse dimensions; and wit this andother objects in view the invention consistsin a device of the class specified,- constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specication, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, 1n which the separate parts of my. improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view ofl a part of a railway track .and showing my improved railway rail lock device 1n use;

Fig. 2 a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1l and Fig.,3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modification. 'In the drawing lforming part of this specification I have shown at a and b, the rails of a railway track which are mounted on and secured to the cross lties c in the. usual manner; -and at d I have shown my improved railway rail lock device.

The rails a and b are of the usual form and provided with web portions a2 and b2 respectively, and with base portions a3 and b3 having outer and inner flanges a4 and a5, and b4 and b5, and my improved railway rail lock device d comprises a bar composed of a to member d2 and a bottom member d3, and sald top and bottom members are pref- `erably com osed of sheet steel or other suitable materlal, and the top member Z2 passes under the rail a at one end and said end is provided with a hook member d* which overlaps the outer flange a* of the rail a, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

Application led August 23, 1917. Serial No. 187,882.

the opposite end of the top member di, is provided with a raised part d5 which overlaps the inner fiange b5 of the base of the rail b, and the end portion of the top member d2 which passes under the rail a is provided with a'longitudinal slot da.

The bottom portion (Z3 of the lock device al at one end passes under the rail b and is provided with a hook member d? which -overlaps the outer flange b4 of the rail b,

and the opposite end of the bottom portion d3 of the lock device is providedwith an angular hook member d8 which passes up through the longitudinal slot al, and overlaps and4 engages the inner flange a5 of the rail a, all as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The bottom portion d3 of the lock device is also provided between the end portions thereof with longitudinalslots d and bolts e are passed downwardly through the top memhervat2 and through the slots d in the bottomv member d3, and provided with nuts e2 and washers e3, and by means of this-con struction the top'and bottom portions of the lock device are secured together and` also made longitudinally adjustable one upon the other.

With this construction` it is necessary to provide means to securely lock the separate parts d? and d3 of the lock device against longitudinal movement, and for this purpose I provide blocks f and'f2 which may be secured in the inner end portion of the longitudinal slot d6 for which purpose bolts g are employed, and it will be noted that the block Vf2 shown in Fig. 3 is smaller than the block f shown in Fig. 2, and by means of this construction my improved lock device may be used in connection with rails, the base portions ofwhich are of different transverse dimensions.

With this device-the rails, as will be understood, may be securely locked against what is known 'as spreading or against any lateral movement of one independent of the other, and while I have shown and described the construction of my improved railway rail lock device which I prefer, my inventlonis notlimited to the exact details thereof herein shown and described, and changes thereinV4 and modifications thereof may be made, within lthe scope of the appended claims, without ydeparting from the spirit of my inventlon or sacriiclng its advantages. V

Having fully described my invention, what ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A railway rail lock device comprising a transverse bar member composed of top and bottom parts adjustablyconnected, the top part being adapted at one end to be passed beneath one rail and being provided With a hook member adapted to overlap the outer base flange of said rail, said top part being also provided adjacent to said end with a longitudinal aperture, and at the opposite end with ahook member adapted to overlap the innerv base {iange of the other rail, and the bottom part being adapted to be passed beneath the last named rail and being provided With a hook member adapted to overlap the outer base fiange thereof and said bottom part being also provided at its opposite end with a hook member adapted to be passed upwardly through the aperture in the corresponding end portion of the top part and to engage the inner base flange of the corresponding rail.

2. A railway rail lock device comprising a transverse bar member composed of top and bottom parts adjustably connected, the top part being adapted at one end to be usagers passed beneath oneV rail and being provided' with a hook member adapted to overlap the outer base flange of said rail, said top part being also provided adjacenttosaid end With a longitudinal aperture, and at the opposite end With a hook member adapted to overlap the inner base flange of the other rail, and the bottom part being adapted to be passed beneath the last named rail and being provided with a hook member adaptedto overlap the outer base flange thereof and said'bottom part being also provided at its opposite end with a hook member 4adapted to be passed upwardly through the aperture in the corresponding end portion of the top part and to engage the inner base flange of the corresponding rail, and means for locking the said parts in any position of adjustment.

lin testimony that l. claim the foregoing as my invention l have signed my name in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 22nd day of August 1917.

menant oninn Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON. 

